ozoned
Father of two, husband, gamer, lover of free software, and willing teacher.
Creator of Fireside Fedi Show: https://video.firesidefedi.live/@show
Chief Executive Officer BT Free: https://btfree.org/
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ozoned@piefed.socialOPto Fediverse@lemmy.world•TubeFree is a new Peertube by BT FreeEnglish6·18 hours agoI already have some folks interested in joining. I didn’t want it to be attached to me as a personal entity, so no. I don’t think it’s backwards. You can’t ask people to come to a restaurant that doesn’t exist yet.
Maybe it is. I’ve never run a business. So this might all flop. But I have to try at least. I personally believe the Fediverse is the next evolution of the web. And we need to help it where ever we can.
ozoned@piefed.socialOPto Fediverse@lemmy.world•TubeFree is a new Peertube by BT FreeEnglish41·19 hours agoIt’s just an idea at the moment. I don’t know if it’s feasbile, practical, or even allowed legally. Hence why I have to talk to my accountant.
But my idea is to generate income either through donations, funding drives, sponsors in the banner, etc. Or to do like a service where you can upload X amount of videos for $/month.
Then once we’ve hit break even, assuming we do (yes I know this is a difficult task atm), to share the additional revenue with content creators.
Why not?
I’m already an advocate of the Fediverse and as I’ve been talking with folks personally, they’re all asking what instance they should go on. So this is a way for me to directly onboard folks to the Fediverse, should they be interested.
It’s a general instance that is backed by a nonprofit corporation that is working on it’s 501©3. So any donations can be tax deductible in the future when it’s complete.
I’m just attempting to foster the Fediverse is the big reason why.
I have some thoughts on potential monetization sharing. Have to ask my accountant. We’re a moderated instance looking for fun and quality content. We’re currently self hosting our own PT auto-follow index and hoping to get up a moderated search index soon as well.
ozoned@piefed.socialOPto Fediverse@lemmy.world•TubeFree is a new Peertube by BT FreeEnglish6·19 hours agoDefinitely a difficult task. Thinking more of a service fee for storage space or faster transcoding maybe. IDK we’re still figuring it out. Also checking with an accountant about maybe being able to do a revenue share or something for content creators. All very much a work in progress though.
ozoned@piefed.socialOPto Fediverse@lemmy.world•TubeFree is a new Peertube by BT FreeEnglish9·19 hours agoI agree. We’re in a chicken and egg problem. No creators because no viewers, no viewers because no creators. I’ve started Fireside Fedi to help make some kind of content. I’m setting up this NonProfit to show there’s an actual business behind it. I’ve opened the Peertube to attempt to make that barrier to entry lower.
I have some ideas on how to help people upload to multiple places easier, but I’m no dev and need to talk to a friend I could probably interest.
Thank you for the welcome. :-)
I’m running my own auto-follow index at ptindex.btfree.org if you’d like to get added to it.
Also going to attempt to create a search index this week. I have found far too many unsavory instances on the public on. So attempting to provide value with building our own.
ozoned@piefed.socialOPto Fediverse@lemmy.world•TubeFree is a new Peertube by BT FreeEnglish3·19 hours agoYup. I’m never going to be able to give Youtubers Youtube money. But I’m asking my accountant about some kind of rev share or something. It’s still a work in progress. This instance though is to help onboard those that are interested in an alternate platform that do it for their community. Hard ask, but we’ll be here for the long haul, hopefully. :-D
Not sure those numbers are super correct. It says there are 9 users on GoToSocial. I have 3 different gts instances with about 7 total accounts. :-)
Definitely a nice project though. Thank you for sharing.
Have you checked that the motherboard or power or any cards aren’t grounded to the case? If thrybare touching it’ll short the system and shut off.
You could also take out everything, except CPU motherboard and power and try to power on.
If that works, add ram. Check again.Then other things one at a time.
ozoned@piefed.socialto RetroGaming@lemmy.world•Warriors & Castles. Population: Me. I played a dead PvP from 2015—here's what happened.English7·3 days agoInteresting. Thank you for sharing. I enjoy reading about unique games. Appreciate it!
ozoned@piefed.socialto TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•Data EntryEnglish7·4 days agoOUCH! I mean he’s an android so wouldn’t he come with different attachments?
ozoned@piefed.socialto TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•Data EntryEnglish13·4 days agoI have to admit, I laughed harder at that than I expected. :-D
ozoned@piefed.socialto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Can anyone confirm accuracy?English2·4 days agoWhat about bash?
ozoned@piefed.socialOPto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Self Hosted Trello with experience?English1·5 days agoThank you! :-) I went with Planka for now. We’ll see how well it works. But I like it so far! :-D
ozoned@piefed.socialto Technology@lemmy.world•Discord unveils Discord Orbs, a new in-app currency that users can earn by completing Quests, which reward participants who interact with adsEnglish1·5 days agoLet us know your thoughts! I’ve been using it for years. Definitely some jank, definitely not for everyone, but again it’s been pretty good for me. And if you really want you can run your own server.
ozoned@piefed.socialto Technology@lemmy.world•Discord unveils Discord Orbs, a new in-app currency that users can earn by completing Quests, which reward participants who interact with adsEnglish2·5 days agoLol that’s an absolutely fair request. Have you asked on Element github? Sounds like a Mich needed feature.
ozoned@piefed.socialto Technology@lemmy.world•Discord unveils Discord Orbs, a new in-app currency that users can earn by completing Quests, which reward participants who interact with adsEnglish5·5 days agoMatrix via Element works great for me personally and it’s available now. :-D
ozoned@piefed.socialto Technology@lemmy.world•Discord unveils Discord Orbs, a new in-app currency that users can earn by completing Quests, which reward participants who interact with adsEnglish7·5 days agoHappy to have folks on e2ee matrix. It supports calling directly and group voice and video chat rooms quite well IMO. :-)
ozoned@piefed.socialto Technology@lemmy.world•Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internetEnglish551·5 days agoCory is amazing. I interviewed him on Fireside Fedi and that dude has so many well thought out points. He changed my mind on Threads coming into the Fediverse.
Link for anyone interested. https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/huevh4L6r1yMYXqcQMi8gR
https://audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefedi/episodes/cory-doctorow-livestream-2025-05-13-18-59-21
ozoned@piefed.socialto Technology@lemmy.world•Discord unveils Discord Orbs, a new in-app currency that users can earn by completing Quests, which reward participants who interact with adsEnglish10·5 days agoThis has been tried and tried again. The first time I remember seeing this was in the '90’s where a “free” dial up ISP was trying this. NetZero maybe? Didn’t work then, won’t work now. They’ll pay out so little it won’t be worth it. Don’t do it kids!
Any thoughts, suggestions, etc, I’m always open to hearing it. :-) Hell, the good luck is still a great start. Thank you. We’ll need it.